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15 - General Engineering
University of Sussex
Position and movement sensing at metre standoff distances using ambient electric field
Passive and remote tracking of movement is of considerable interest for security, safety, human-machine interfacing. The technique described differs from others in being based on the passive sensing of changes in the ambient electric field. It has been patented as a “Target position, movement and tracking system” (GB1118970.1, priority date 2/11/11) leading to a joint Plessey Semiconductors/University of Sussex project to develop a 2D gesture recognition system. Sussex developed the prototype and Plessey a product for human-machine interfacing, demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, January 2013. Contact: Dr. K. Strickland, Technology Director, Plessey Semiconductors, Tel: 01793 518003, Email: Keith.Strickland@plesseysemi.com.